Truman Capote

A well-known icon of the Galt Ocean Mile just turned 50 years old. The Fountainhead Condominium on A1A at the southern edge of Lauderdale by-the-Sea has been reigning since Lyndon Johnson was president. But residents are not touchy about their building hitting the half-century mark. They're in the mood to celebrate. In that celebratory spirit, Fountainhead residents spent $100 each to attend what they called the 50th anniversary gala. One hundred and eighty people dined on mahi and beef tenderloin under a massive tent on the expanse of back deck overlooking the ocean. John Branzer, trumpeter and colleague of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, led his orchestra during the gala. ...

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"In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote, 1966
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Here in Monroeville,...

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"CANNOT believe that Marilyn M. is dead. She was such a good-hearted girl, so pure, really, so much on the side of the angels. Poor little baby. God bless her."
Truman Capote to literary critic Newton Arvin, in the summer of 1962.
THE ABOVE...

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